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Three years after two National Football League franchises (NFL) will be presented for the last time in Mexico City, and after the improvement in the health situation due to the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the best American football league in the world will return to the capital. Los Arizona Cardinals will be one of the teams that will step on the field of the Azteca Stadium and the organizers of the event gave know when the rival will be confirmed.
Through its official Twitter account, the NFL Mexico confirmed that the full schedule for the 2022 season will be announced on May 12. However, days before the official announcement will be made with the details about the meeting of the regular season that will take place in the grass of the Colossus of Santa Ursula.
“Save the date, find out the calendar for the 2022 season on May 12! Thats not all, on May 4 we will know who will be the rival of the Arizona Cardinals for the Mexico Game”reads the verified account of the @nflmx.
Until now, the only official communication about the teams that will participate in the duel was issued on February 28, 2022. That day, when the NFL announced the teams that will serve as administrative premises, it was confirmed that the Cardinals would hold said role for the second time since the Azteca Stadium hosts American football matches American.
Although no further details or clues have been released about the possible team that will face Arizona, the journalist from ESPNJohn Sutcliffe, assured that the institution chosen to star in the billboard of Monday Night Football in the Mexican capital will be that of the San Francisco 49ers.
Despite the leak, it is known that the range of possible rivals of the team managed by Kliff Kingsbury is made up of nine franchises. And it is that it was announced that the teams that should visit the Cardinals are the Rams, Seattle Seahawks, Kansas City ChiefsLos Angeles Chargers, Tampa Bay BuccaneersNew Orleans Saints, Philadelphia Eagles, New England Patriots, así como those directed by John Lynch.
In the event that the team based in San Francisco is chosen to make the visit, the rivalry that gave rise to the matches played in the Coloso de Santa Úrsula. Was the October 2, 2005when the first regular season meeting of the NFL took place on Mexican soil, that the institutions met in Mexico City.
Despite the success in the call, no team stepped foot on the field of the capital’s sports venue for the next eleven years. On November 22, 2016, the Raiders and Texans revived the visit in a match that ended with a score of 27-20, favorable for the bad guys, whose quarterback was then Derek Carr.
The following year, the madness among the followers of the New England Patriots was unleashed by the presence of Tom Brady in CDMX. Become the best team of the decade, the Pats team managed to exhibit a perfect game in which they won 33 to 8 ante los Oakland Raiders.
In 2018 the chosen ones were the Kansas City Chiefs and Rams, although the bad state of the field forced the cancellation of the meeting. A year later the Bosses they were protagonists again against the Chargers in a duel where They beat the Chargers 24-17.. With these antecedents, fans will be able to enjoy the NFL for the sixth time in CDMX.
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